 In Writing when it became the University of Glamorgan.Tony Curtis's book debut was in "Three Young Anglo-Welsh Poets" (1974), published by the Welsh Arts Council, in which he featured together with Duncan Bush and Nigel Jenkins.Though in 1972 he had been included in the Phoenix Pamphlet Poets Series from Peterloo Press - "Walk Down a Welsh Wind"

He was given a Gregory Award in 1972, won the National Poetry Competition in 1984 and was given the Dylan Thomas Award in 1993.